Walking between the raindrops

The Role of Religion in Globalised Schooling

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ID2920565
AuthorsItamar Rozenfeld (Tel Aviv University), Miri Yemini (0000-0002-5633-6473, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), L Engel (0000-0003-2937-5167, George Washington University), Laura C Engel (School of Education, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Year2021
Volume42
Issue5
Pages780-795
Publication date2021-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2020.1843116
OpenAlexW3095226948
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited51

This study applies the notion of ‘alternative futures’ in globalisation and education by focusing specifically on the intersection between religion and education. Through an in-depth exploration utilising a case-study approach, we delve into the organisational dynamics of an Israeli school catering to a closed-off, traditional Jewish religious community while also proactively embedding specific forms of internationalisation. We identify and analyse the conflicting rationales and agenda maintained by this school based on interviews with the school’s community, including teachers, superintendents, school leadership, and parents. We argue that the ideas of segregation, religionalisation, and nationalism are nurtured through the hybridity of the networks of influence, custom-tailored by the school’s leadership to serve this unique community. In particular, we analyse the school’s distinctive practices, norms, and routines designed to overcome the gap between the seemingly contradictory values of universalism vs particularity; globalisation vs nationalism; segregation vs unity; and religion vs modernity, and the ways that these dynamics play out in a country struggling for (self)-recognition as a Jewish and Democratic State, while being situated in an intractable internal and external conflict

Democracy · Globalization · Hybridity · Modernity · Nationalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Turkish · Universalism · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Religious Education and Schools

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